The Cape Elizabeth Town Council on Monday certified an agreement between the town and the nonprofit group behind a proposed community arena.

The formal agreement allows the Cape Community Arena Group access to the town-owned site next to the Public Works building and adjacent to Gull Crest Fields to conduct site reviews; requires that the arena would be up and running by November 2023 at the latest;  and says the town and the group will work together on the project.

The arena group is working on designs and other details for the project and will then take them to the town Planning Board.